A man aged in his 50s and his wife, from Sydney’s eastern suburbs, became the first community transmitted cases of the virus in NSW since early April when they tested positive last week.It prompted the state government to reintroduce restrictions including mandatory mask wearing in indoor places such as public transport and a limit of 20 visitors to households.The rules remain in place until midnight on Monday.However, with NSW recording five consecutive days of no local cases since the two cases were revealed, Ms Berejiklian suggested the restrictions would not be extended.“We can’t predict the health advice that we’ll get, but obviously every day that goes by with zero cases means the health experts will feel more confident to let us go back to what we had (before) last Thursday,” she told reporters on Wednesday at Martin Place. “When clusters emerge, what we don’t know is how many clusters we prevented and I just want to thank everybody throughout Greater Sydney for sticking to the (restrictions) we’ve put in place.“I look forward to getting the (health) advice over the weekend as to what will happen on Monday morning. “I’m always optimistic, but I have to say I’m very comfortable about how (case numbers) are going. But we will continue to monitor what’s happening across other states as well.”Ms Berejiklian’s last comment was in relation to a potential COVID-19 cluster in Melbourne, where a surprise new COVID-19 case was recorded on Tuesday.A man in his 30s tested positive after arriving home to Melbourne after completing 14 days hotel quarantine in South Australia, sparking fears about how he contracted the disease.He had tested negative four times during his stay at Adelaide’s Playford Hotel.Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said the man had returned to Australia from India on April 19, but most likely caught the virus in hotel quarantine.“People arriving in NSW from the greater Melbourne area from 6am on Wednesday must complete a declaration which confirms they have not attended a venue of concern,” NSW Health officials said in a statement.
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